UPDATED: NINE States "joining" Paris Accord

THE UNITED STATES CLIMATE ALLIANCE HAS BEEN FORMEDThe governors of New York, California and Washington in the past hour
have announced the formation of an alliance of US states to follow the
Paris Accords. This represents over one-fifth of the US economy, and it
is only the beginning of many more states prepared to join.

Once again, a Trump policy will be marginalized. Still dangerous — but it will be a lot more smoke (literally) than fire.

OLYMPIA - In
response to President Trump’s decision to withdrawfrom the Paris
Climate Agreement, New York Governor AndrewCuomo, California Governor
Edmund G. Brown Jr., and WashingtonState Governor Jay Inslee today
announced the formation of theUnited States Climate Alliance, a
coalition that will convene statescommitted to upholding the Paris
Climate Agreement and takingaggressive action on climate change. New York, California andWashington, representing one-fifth of U.S. gross domestic product,committed to achieving the U.S. goal of reducing emissions 26-28 percent from 2005 levels and meeting or exceeding the targets of the federal Clean Power Plan.

UPDATE: On Friday, the Governors of Hawaii, Oregon,
Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont and Massachusetts announced that
their states are joining the United States Climate Alliance and
will abide by the emission reduction targets in the Paris accords!!

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